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A live Facebook feed of Hertha professional Salomon Kalou (34) provides insight into everyday crown life among Bundesliga professionals in Berlin. Distance rules are ignored, understanding of the seriousness of the situation does not appear to exist, the club and DFL have already reacted to the incident.
The video shows Kalou driving through Berlin in his car. He’s on his way to Hertha’s training ground. Once there, Kalou greets employees and teammates with a handshake.
In the cabin, professionals, including Vedad Ibisevic (35), discuss the sensitivity of salary cuts. Ibisevic complains that his salary has been reduced by 11 percent, the percentages obviously vary.
After moving, Kalou goes to his crown test. Meanwhile, he jokes about the virus and the current situation. The team doctor is testing another player as Kalou enters the room.
The doctor informs the Ivorian that “officially” it is not allowed for two players to be in the room at the same time. When asked to delete the video, Kalou just said, “I’m kidding, everything is fine.”
Salomon Kalou: Hertha BSC and DFL react
The club immediately suspended the player from training and game operations and said: “Hertha BSC would like to say that this was a single player failure. Salomon Kalou broke the team’s internal rules with the video from the booth and showed a behavior that is inappropriate for the situation or does not conform to the association’s rules of conduct. “
While Kalou was repentant (“I regret giving the impression that I am not taking Corona seriously with my behavior. The opposite is the case”), Managing Director Michael Preetz emphasized the social relevance of the actions of everyone involved: ” In the current social discussion on the resumption of play and the role of professional football, “he” gave the impression that individual players do not take the issue of Corona seriously. “
The DFL was also forced to immediately react to the incident and scored Twitter: The photos of Salomon Kalou of the Hertha BSC cabin are absolutely unacceptable. There can be no tolerance for this, also with regard to the players and clubs that adhere to the guidelines because they have understood the gravity of the situation. “
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The forward’s live feed reveals just how negligent some professionals are internally with the corona virus. A few days ago, in a television interview with BBC Sport Africa, Kalou said: “We all love football, on the field, in front of the television. But we should not put anyone at risk just because we love the game.”
However, there were no precautions or distance rules in his video, although only two professionals and a 1. FC Köln physiotherapist tested positive for the virus over the weekend.
DFL requires compliance with general hygiene standards
However, the DFL saw its crown concept confirmed. In late April, the DFL working group under the leadership of DFB medical director Tim Meyer presented “a detailed and binding concept with strict hygiene requirements.”
On Monday afternoon, the German Football League announced that ten of the first approximately 1,7000 tests in the 36 professional clubs of the 1st and 2nd Bundesliga had been positive.
The DFL calls “individual compliance with general hygiene rules” as a basic requirement for a possible restart of the Bundesliga. Kalou’s video takes this lawsuit to the absurd.
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